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Made a good play in the outfield also. I don't remember where I saw it but the Cardinals waited until after the Trade deadline to call him up so that they could get an extended look at him without worrying about the DFA stuff.

Ok, am listening to the Pre-game and Tom and Eck are saying that even if the Sox continue playing at this .667 (14-7) rate and the Yankees continue playing at the rate they are playing, ths Sox will be caught.

Give me a break do they really think the spankees are going to continue playing at a .761 clip?

since im in Brooklyn, i get YES.am i the only sox fan who actually likes michael kay? his radio show blows away anything on eei. but the problem is that he basically re-does his radio show during games.

Orsillo got 'em too, but they are different. "Gets the bad news" and stuff like that is different

Yeah. It's coming from a Red Sox announcer.

Also, Sterling calls the game assuming you are watching TV with the radio on. If you've got only a radio, you'll miss a lot of wehat a radio guy should tell you.

That's bad. However, in listening to games as we are driving around the US, I noticed that nearly everyone does this except Vin Scully. It must be very hard to avoid when working with a TV monitor in front of you.

Some announcers appeal to people or drive others crazy, and there's no real rationale for it, it just is. A friend of ours (occasional poster here) said he hates Vin Scully. I couldn't believe it. How could anyone hate The Best Announcer? So there ya go.

I don't mind homers on tv, because I can see the action and can make up my own my mind about the worthiness of the call. On the radio though, if some one is being a homer makes it hard for me to really imagine the action.

I was just irked at Sizemore striking out in that situation. He is enormously talented and having a great season. However, he is hitting .184 in late innings and .288 with runners in risp (which is pretty good, I admit) overall.